Welcome to Pershore High School ‘Preparing for September 2020’ meeting The live stream will start soon….
Welc lcome Thank you for all the work you continue to do to support the home learning for students This meeting is being recorded (for those unable to attend live) We shall be using the ‘Q&A’ function so please ask questions as we go along – some questions will be addressed now with others forming a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document published on Friday 21 st August Apologies for the content heavy slides (for reference)
Context xt Full school closure since Monday 23 rd March – from this date: • school open to Key Worker and vulnerable students, • Remote Learning Plan initiated & • weekly communications to Students & Parents/Carers from this date Other developments: • Online MS Teams Lessons • School open to Years 10 & Year 12 • EHCP student visits • Tutor welfare phone calls • Face to Face Tutor meetings (in school/Teams) Government guidance (published 2 nd July) requires full school opening in September
th July 2020 ing Agenda – Wednesday 15 th Meetin 1. Proposed plan for September 2020 2. Teaching 3. Tutoring 4. Transport to/from school 5. Break & Lunchtime arrangements 6. Other considerations (Equipment / Uniform / Events / Trips) 7. Attendance 8. Controlling the spread of the virus 9. Our Expectations 10. Remote Learning Provision 11. Year Group specific information 12. Response to questions
September 2020 – What does the guidance say? Principles : Reducing contacts through: • Grouping children together (Year Group bubbles): Avoidance of large gatherings; minimal movement around the school • Avoiding contact between groups: Staggered start and finish times; staggered breaks and lunchtimes • Adaptations to the classroom: Arranging classrooms with forward facing desks; limiting use of shared equipment • The curriculum remains broad and ambitious: all students continue to be taught a wide range of subjects, maintaining their choices • Staff maintaining distance from students; students should maintain a social distance from each other wherever possible • Minimise the number of visitors to school where possible • Schools should avoid large gatherings
September 2020 – What is is our proposed response? Current Context: This meeting provides our framework in response to the guidelines published and detail in some areas We will not have answers to all of your questions at this stage but your questions will help us to ensure we have covered all aspects required Please save your initial questions until more of the detail has been given during the meeting
September 2020 – What is is our proposed response? Principles : • Maintaining a broad and balanced curriculum following all normal lessons, including all option choices • Year Group pods to avoid mixing • Students remain in their pod; teachers move between Year Group pods • MAB students to access mainstream provision where possible • Year-based Tutor Groups maintaining House links until guidance on Year Group bubbles changes • Staggered Break and Lunchtimes • Usual start and finish times • Enhanced cleaning where shared spaces are required • Robust hand and respiratory hygiene
Teaching - Year based pod provision YEAR POD Main Teaching Hub IT Facilities (main) Art Room 8 New English (E1-8 + New Library) IT4 A4 9 Humanities (H1-9) H10 A6 10 Maths (M1-7) B1, B2 A3 11 Quad (Q1-8) IT1 A1 Sixth Form C2, C3, L1-5, Old Library IT2, IT3 A7 (+workroom) • Shared IT facilities A2 and T3 (only one year group on any one day) • Where possible a teaching group keeps a consistent room to facilitate storing of students’ books and resources • Some Science, Technology, Drama and Music lessons are in normal classrooms • Years 8 and 9 – all students to leave the room at the end of the lesson and line up outside even if they are in the same room for the next lesson
The ‘Moving on’ Curriculum Principles: • We will continue to deliver the full curriculum as planned (subject to revisions in light of Ofqual consultation outcomes) • We will start the year with new topics so everyone begins at the same place • During the year teachers will identify gaps, reassure students and support them with an enhanced focus on independent learning skills • We will used socialising ‘learning’ opportunities (group work; research, etc); create opportunities for students to talk and others to listen (focus on oracy) • Focus on developing resourcefulness and independence for self-study; we will model appropriate subject based revision strategies • We will use homework to reinforce the importance of independent learning • We are developing our online curriculum to support independent student learning
Learning Support and In Inclusion • The SENCo and Inclusion Manager will be based within the Inclusion department. • Students will be expected to attend mainstream lessons/tutor group as often as possible. They will be expected to stay in their year group pods. • To follow government guidance, each year group pod will have access to their own base provision within the Inclusion department to compliment mainstream provision. • Where possible, Learning Support Practitioners will be assigned to individual year groups to deliver in class support, however, government guidance states that staff must maintain a 2m distance from students. Support will be peripheral and/or group-based. Appropriate additional measures will be in place where staff have to come in to close contact with a student e.g. personal care. • External agencies such as SaLT and CCN Team will be able to visit the school and deliver their intervention packages as planned.
Learning Support and In Inclusion Transitioning back to school discussion sheet
Tutoring Pla lan: Key Principles: • Vertical Tutoring suspended in favour of Year-based Tutor Groups • 9 Year based Tutor Groups in each year • 3 Tutor Groups for each House within each year • Students from current Tutor Groups (year cohort) to be placed together • Year Group Tutors derived from the department areas in proximity to where a Year Group is based
Six ixth Form Tutors: Key Principles: • 7 Tutor Groups (6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6G) • Mixture of Year 12 & Year 13 students in each Tutor Group • Mixture of students from each House within each Tutor Group
Year 8 to Year 11 Tutor Groups Year Group Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Base English Humanities Maths Quad Armstrong A8A A9A A10A A11A A8B A9B A10B A11B A8C A9C A10C A11C Kingsley K8A K9A K10A K11A K8B K9B K10B K11B K8C K9C K10C K11C Magellan M8A M9A M10A M11A M8B M9B M10B M11B M8C M9C M10C M11C
Pastoral Curriculum • The pastoral curriculum will address the needs of students following the pandemic • This will be delivered through Tutor Time, PSHE and Society and Ethics Students may: ● Continue to have anxieties related to the virus ● Have found the long period at home hard to manage ● Be subject to safeguarding concerns ● Make safeguarding disclosures after returning to school ● Have lost family members to the virus ● Be new to the school/key stage
Pastoral Curriculum Our pastoral curriculum will include: ● Developing coping skills and self-care techniques ● Talking about students’ experiences during the outbreak ● Supporting students dealing with loss ● Having one-to-one conversations with trusted adults, if needed ● Learning about topics related to coronavirus (e.g. how to stay alert) And: ● Renewing and developing friendships and peer groups ● Taking part in other enriching developmental activities where we can
Pastoral Curriculum Working example: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Independent Team House Celebrating Current learning and building and Assembly achievement Affairs organisation well-being (via MS and raising Quiz! skills Teams) aspirations
Transport to / from school To / from school – Students should walk Public Buses – Face masks are mandatory or cycle to school where possible on public buses Car drop off – Cars will only be allowed Arrival – Students will go directly to year on site in the north car park (nearest to group designated areas / Tutor rooms the station) adjacent to the astroturf Late arrivals – Students will register at School Transport - WCC will send out Reception as normal with only two guidance ahead of the new term and a students allowed in at any one time questionnaire for parents requesting Departure – 3.30pm for all students but your views on the proposals – please bus embarkation will be staggered to complete this avoid usual end of day Bus Bay crowd Students will have to sit in year group Day One – New Year 8 (Thurs 3 rd Sept) & areas, possibly in allocated seats Year 12 (Fri 4 th Sept) will be directed to Students are not currently required to wait in the outdoor space opposite the wear masks or engage in social distancing Sixth Form Centre in the first instance but both are recommended
How to Apply for assistance with school transport • Visit www.worcestershire.gov.uk/schooltransport • Selection buttons at bottom of the page: Online Enquiry Form Online Application Tracker Online Application Form When an online Application is submitted you will receive an acknowledgement by email. This will enable you to track the progress of your application by using the Online Application Tracker School Transport Information
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